Satellite crashes in Adelaide

Just got a call from a friend in Adelaide who just seen about an hour ago something fall from the sky. It kinda fell straight down and landed in the northern part of the city. It was different from usual meteorites with white, red and blue streaks as it burnt up, growing in size as it got closer to the ground. No sound on impact as they live a few suburbs away. Drones and choppers are in the sky now.

Don't have any other details at this time. Who, what, how, why?

With so many satellites up in space these days, just how much of an issues is this going to be into the future? Sounds like some nations and enterprises are doing better than others on the reentry issues. Even then when things go wrong it is all in gravity's hands.

Not sure if the news is going to pick this story up at this time, depends what it was, they may spin it a bit. If I come across any more information will let you know.

my question is why and why did it happen?

a reply to: kwakakev

. It was different from usual meteorites with white, red and blue streaks as it burnt up, growing in size as it got closer to the ground.

Sounds like a piece of freedom just fell down. 🤣

Seriously though, radium and lithium burn red so maybe something electronic or missile related? Copper burns blue. What would have copper and lithium? 👀👀

a reply to: oddscreenname

The white part reminded the witness of phosphorous, could of been a few things getting so hot. Copper is usually green from experience, have not gotten it really hot before. Cobalt might be blue?

As for freedom falling, yeah... been that way for a while.

if it was a satellite.....military/intel type. Youll have some visitors pretty quick

a reply to: SuperDave90

Nothing yet. When it is raining satellites we do have some issues to discuss.

a reply to: kwakakev

Its probably one of the Starlink Sats. that got knocked out of orbit by the electromagnetic storm not long ago.


from the article posted on Feb 9, 2022:
"SpaceX's newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update Tuesday night."

Link to article

a reply to: kwakakev

Satellites too far away and depend on low gravity, can not do much other than falling down. I would be worried about delivery drones and flying cars. Wait for delivery drones getting shot out of the sky for the neat package they carry. "Fell off a drone" will become a inside joke then.

These drones then will be hardened against attacks, until, IDK, lightning strikes one of them and they go crazy all at once.

And that's how we get Skynet.

a reply to: Macenroe82

Those are designed to fully burn up in the atmosphere. Chances of anything making it to the ground in any capacity are almost nil.